Published April 2011
Guest-Edited by Jane Somerville
The universe at our feet
The way we perceive our connections to a place and our relationship to culture and history are constantly in flux and negotiation. Our ability to move from location to location – whether virtually on the internet, physically across the world or even on the bus to a neighbouring suburb – illustrates how our daily interactions might be ordered differently than in the past.
The theme of this issue began with a series of questions and ideas: How might where we work or live define how we think about the world? How does our increased ability to communicate, connect and access information change the way we relate to one another? Does the communication of different historical, cultural, political and artistic viewpoints also shift how we view art, imagine borders, or change where we feel we belong?
Just as artists reinterpret our everyday existence, eloquently turning things on their heads, so here the themes of this issue have taken divergent paths. The following pages reveal some different thoughts and viewpoints which contribute to the idea of what a contemporary art practice might encompass.
Thank you to all the contributors and special thanks to Nick and Bronwyn for the invitation to be part of Das Superpaper. Enjoy!
—Jane Somerville